You may be wondering what all the fuss is about when it comes to using positive affirmations – surely they’re just words, right? Actually, there’s a lot more to it than you may think. Before I get into a more in-depth discussion about positive affirmations and how they can change your life, I want to explain why we should use them.

You may not realise this, but ever since you were a small child, your subconscious mind has been picking up information from those around you and storing those snippets as limiting beliefs. These beliefs are more powerful if they’ve been reinforced by authority figures, such as teachers or parents. An example of this would be when, as a child, you were constantly told by your parents that ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ or perhaps your teacher told you that you were clumsy and wouldn’t amount to anything. If this kept happening, then you would start to believe those things. Even though you may have forgotten them, now you are an adult, they are still there inside your subconscious and are having negative effects on your life.